Anytime I see ads like that, I wonder if I am the only one (or not) who thinks, “…But you know you’re eventually going to die, right? That good health has a limit?”
My husband and I saw an ad for a funeral home the other day appealing to the person’s in-command choice/decision about how things go.
I thought that seemed disingenuous at the least.
Again, I wonder what percentage of ad viewers are enticed or attracted by that logic; is it a minority or majority?
Maybe we all just need a re-read of The Death of Ivan Illych. :) I could go for one!
I remember for awhile Tyelnol had an ad campaign .. and on the commercials the tagline was “One step closer to a pain-free world” .. or something along those lines. Really? Should that be our end goal? They must have never read the Bible.. :)
OH, nothing, of course! – believe me .. I am thankful for Excedrine Migraine! Just saying the world will never be pain free, no matter how hard we try (or how much we medicate). :) God has purpose in pain, for the believer. But yes I am thankful for tyelnol..!
It’s a rare occasion when I can share one of my favorite memes, and contribute. In the middle portion of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnoD3NUux3M, you will see perhaps the most amusing title for Keith Olbermann’s discussion. That’s right, Health Care Reform: The Fight Against Death.
I’ll take that, too.
Yeah.
Anytime I see ads like that, I wonder if I am the only one (or not) who thinks, “…But you know you’re eventually going to die, right? That good health has a limit?”
My husband and I saw an ad for a funeral home the other day appealing to the person’s in-command choice/decision about how things go.
I thought that seemed disingenuous at the least.
Again, I wonder what percentage of ad viewers are enticed or attracted by that logic; is it a minority or majority?
Maybe we all just need a re-read of The Death of Ivan Illych. :) I could go for one!
I remember for awhile Tyelnol had an ad campaign .. and on the commercials the tagline was “One step closer to a pain-free world” .. or something along those lines. Really? Should that be our end goal? They must have never read the Bible.. :)
What’s so bad about wanting to relieve pain?
OH, nothing, of course! – believe me .. I am thankful for Excedrine Migraine! Just saying the world will never be pain free, no matter how hard we try (or how much we medicate). :) God has purpose in pain, for the believer. But yes I am thankful for tyelnol..!
It’s a rare occasion when I can share one of my favorite memes, and contribute. In the middle portion of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnoD3NUux3M, you will see perhaps the most amusing title for Keith Olbermann’s discussion. That’s right, Health Care Reform: The Fight Against Death.
“Once and For All” seems kind of final.
I do rather like it when marketing expresses a true longing of Creation.
huh–thanks for the insightful slant on it, chad.
i want to validate that longing.
(on the other hand, i don’t want to validate misleading promises that play with that longing.)
Was this ad for a TV evangelist?